Wearing-apparel



l l l I APPLICATION FILED APR. 9. |920.

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WEARING-APPAREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 9, 1920. Serial No. 372,404.

To all whom t may conce/m.'

Be it known that I, LoUis F RIEDMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invente-d certain new and useful Improvements in Wearing-Apparel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wearing apparel, and, is directed, more particularly, to trousers or pants, the invention having to do with the supporting of the same either from other garments of the wearer or by a belt,

It has heretofore been the practice in making trousers, and especially knee pants,

to provide belt straps or loops on the exterior of the garment, and sew a waist band on the interior of the garment, which waist band is usually provided with button holes adapted to cooperate with buttons on a drawer waist or other article of apparel worn for the purpose of supporting the pants. As such garments have been manufactured, the means for supporting the garment from the drawer waist or other garment is entirely independent of the means for maintaining the belt in coperative relation with the garment, and these separate and independent means are sewed on the garment independently of one another by different and separate operations. 'Ihis method of manufacture consumes considerable time because of the additional rows of stitching required and independent positioning of the several means and when finished the constructions are usually frail and will not stand the hard wear to which they are subjected by children.

The object of the present invention is to bring about a close relationship between the belt loops and the waist band or, .from a more generic standpoint to so organize the means for supporting the garment by a belt and the means for supporting a garment from another garment or from a pair of suspenders, that these means may be applied simultaneously or by the same operation, thereby practically cutting in half the labor heretofore required for the attachment of such means, and, moreover, producing a stronger and more durable construction.

When the present invention is practised, one row of stitching accomplishes what heretofore has required two or more distinct stitching operations, thereby effecting a great saving in time of production without sacrifice of strength or durability, but rather with an increase of eiiiciency and strength.

Features of the invention, other than those specified, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read in conjunction with the accompanylng drawings.

The accompanying drawings illustrate different practical embodiments of the invention, but the constructions therein shown are to be understood as illustrative, only, tnd not as defining the limits of the invenion.

Figure l is a side elevation of a pair of folded knee pants with which the preferred form of the present invention is associated.

Fig. 2 is a perspective sectionaldetail on the line 2-2 of Fig. l, viewing the waist band of the garment from the inside;

Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the preferred form of the present invention prior to positioning the same upon a garment.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of a waist band constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the same prior to its attachment to the garment.

Fig. 5 is a perspective section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a like view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a section perspective showing the construction ofFigs. 4-6 in position on the garment, said view showing the invention as vieved from the interior of the garment; an

Fig. 8 is a view corresponding to Fig. 7, but showing the saine as viewed from the exterior of the garment.

In carrying out the preferred form of the invention, a garment 10, shown in the drawings as a pair of knee pants, is provided with a suitable waist band 11, which may be formed by turning in the upper portion of the pants, as shown in Fig. 2, or by attaching a separate piece of material to correspond to the portion l1. With the pants, as thus far described, are associated at spaced intervals along the waist band, straps 12 of material as shown in Fig. 3. These strap portions are preferably of a length substantially equal to twice the width of the waist band 1l, and are folded intermediate their ends at 13, so as to straddle the up Y er edge of the pants as shown in Fig. 2. ne portion of the strap sectionlQ is provided with means lfor securing the strap to some Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Vduring this operation.

other article of apparel or to a pair of suspenders, and while this means may be in the form of a button, hook or other equivalent device, it is shown as a button hole 14. The strap members 12 are made in bulk inthe form shown in Fig. 8 and are ready for attachment to the garment as the operator needs them. y

If the garment is to be constructed as shown in Fig. 2, with the waist band 11 formed by turning over the upper edge of the garment, the completion of this portion of the garment may be accomplished by the following steps. A row of stitching 15 is run along the upper edge of the garment, and at predetermined intervals one of the strap members 12 is laid on to the garment in proper position and is sewed to the garment the line of stitching 15. During this operation, the outer portion of the strap member is lifted up so that said strap member lays out flat and the row of stitching 15 does not extend through the outer portion of the strap member. This is the preferable construction, although, if desired, the outer portion of the strap may be stitched down If the waist band 11 is to constitute a separate piece of material, the same initial operation will be carried out, the line of stitching 15 serving to secure the waist band to the garment 10 andat predetermined intervals strap members 12 may be simultaneously attached.

The line of stitching 16 is next run in adjacent the lower edge of the waist band 11 and this line of stitching takes in both free ends of the strap members 12, so as to simultaneously secure vthe lower edge of the waist band to the garment 10 and bind the free ends of the strap members 12 firmly Vto the garment. At the conclusion of these operations, namely, after two rows of stitches have been run in as described, the waist portion of the garment is completed, the waist band having been sewed in, the outer portions 17 of the strap members 12 constituting belt loops, while the inner portionsV 18 of said strap members in conjunction with the button holes 14V constitute the means for supporting the garment from another garment or from Suspenders. ln practice, the strap members 12 vpreferably are formed of a plurality of plies'of material formed by folding over a strip of material in the manner common in the manufacture'of belt durable by the simpler, more leficient 'andV highly economical mode of operation described.

utilization of the same basic principlesunder-lying the construction of Figs. 1-8. For the purpose of illustration, 1 have shown in Figs. 4-8 a modified form of the invention which results in a strong andV durable construction, wherein the belt loops and interior attaching means Vare formed integral with and part of the waist band of the garment.

In making this modified form of the invention, a strip of material 19 of a width substantially equal to twice the width of the waist band 11, is provided with folds, plaits or tucks 12 at vpredetermined intervals as shown in Fig. 4. The portion of each vplait on one side of the medial line 13 ofthe strip 19 is provided with interior attaching means corresponding to the button holes 14 and shown in Fig. 4 as the button holes 14, while the blind edge of each plait on the other side of the medial line 13 is slitted at 21, so as to form slots through which a belt may be passed. The plaits are not sewed down along their longitudinal edges, but. are left. free and the strip thus formed is folded along its medial line 13 and brought in a po sition to straddle the upper edge of the garment 10 as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. This having been accomplishedra line of stitching 15 is run .along the upper edge of the garment, and serves to bind the medial portion of the strap tightly to the ygarment along its upper edge. Thereafter a yline of stitching 16 is run along the lower edgesof the strip and serves to simultaneously bind both edges of the strip to ythe garment. These lines of stitching 15 and 16 alsoserve to sew down the plaits 12, so that in the finished article said plaits 12 correspond in every respect to the strap members 12 of the preferred form of the invention and may be termed the strap members Vor strap portions of the strip. The outer strap portions 17 correspond to the belt loops l7and the inner strap portions 18 correspond tothe interior attaching means 18. The advantage of the modified construction over the preferred form of the invention is that one 'lateral half 11 of the strip 19, forms the interior waist band corresponding to the waist vband 11, while the other lateral half 22forms an eX- terior waist band which gives .a finished yappearance to the garment and provides a stronger and reinforced constructionrwithout additional labor. In positioning the strip 19 over the upper edge of the ygarment, the garment may ext-end up tothe fline of stitching 15, as shown in Figs. 'l' and 8, or, if desired, -it may terminate slightly above the'li'ne of stitching 16 to efflectva saving of material, as such lmanufacturing y details do not affect the spirit of the invenf tion. 13o

In both forms of the invention described, the resulting garment is stronger and more durable than those previously made'and the manufacture thereof is accomplished through a minimum number of operations considerably less in number than has heretofore been the case even in the production of much inferior garments.

It will be understood that the specific invention described is adapted for general use on all kinds of garments, where its employment would prove advantageous and that the invention may be modified in formal respects, such as by the substitution of equivalents, and that parts of the complete structure described may be used alone, or in other environmentswithout departing from the spirit or substance of the broad invention, the scope of which is commensurate with the appended claims.

I wish it furthermore understood that the expression button holes as used in the claims is not to be restricted to this specific construction, but is to be construed as covering equivalents suoli as buttons, hooks, eyes, snaps and the like, these diiierent devices being equivalent fastening means in the art. That is to say, instead of forming a button hole on the inside loops of the strap sections of either form of the invention, a button might be sewed thereon or a snap fastener be employed in lieu of the button or button hole. v

A waistband. having transverse plaits hav ing button holes for providing support for the pants forms the subject matter of my co-pending application Serial No. 374,731, filed April 17th, 1920, waistband and the like, wherein this constructionl is claimed.

Having thus fully described the invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. An article of wearing apparel provided with strap sections extending over the upper edge thereof and downwardly over the interior and exterior faces of the garment, and secured at their ends to the garment, to provide belt loops on the exterior of the garment and loops on the interior of the garment provided with means for supporting the garment independently of a belt.

2. An article of wearing apparel provided with strap sections extending over the upper edge thereof and downwardly over the interior and exterior faces of the garment, and secured at their ends to the garment, to provide belt loops on the exterior of the garment and loops on the interior of the garment, the interior loops being provided with button holes whereby the garment may be supported independently of a belt.

3. An article of wearing apparel provided with strap sections extending over the upper edge thereof and downwardly over the interior and exterior faces of the garment and a single line of stitching for securing both ends of the strap sections to the garment and simultaneously attaching a waist band to said garment, an additional line of stitching for simultaneously binding both the strap sections and the waist bnd to the garment adjacent its upper e ge.

t. An article of wearing apparel provided with belt loops on' its exterior, the material from which said loops are formed being eX- tended over the upper edge of the garment and downwardly over the inner face thereof to provide means, whereby the garment may be supported independently of the belt, and stitching for simultaneously securing the ends of the belt loops and the ends of the extended portions to the garment.

An article of wearing apparel provided with strap portions extending over the upper edge thereof and downwardly over the interior and exterior faces of the garment, a waist band portion associated with said garment and stitches for simultaneously securing the free ends of the strap portions and one edge of the waist band to the garment.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a strip of material provided with transverse plaits adapted to be folded along its longitudinal medial line over the edge of a garment, and the lateral edges of the strip sewed to the garment, the plaits forming inner and outer strap portions and the re maining portion of the strip forming inner and outer waist band portions, the blind edges of the plaits forming the outer strap portions being slitted to allow of the passage of a belt therethrough and the portions of the plaits forming the inner strap portions being provided with garment supporting means.

7. As a new article of manufacture, av

strip of material provided with transverse plaits, the blind edges of corresponding portions of each of said plaits being slitted to allow of the passage of a belt therethrough, and a button hole formed in other corresponding portions of said plaits.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

LOUIS FRIEDMAN. 

